Jonathan Carone wrote: ↑January 9th, 2021, 4:16 pm
By Pence joining the ticket in 2016, he enabled Trump
Jonathan - Even when I don't agree with you, I normally think you have a well thought out position. Not so much in this case.
Rewind 4 years. Like it or not (I didn't), Trump became the Nominee. now what? Someone has to join the ticket, and someone will. I did not know much of anything about Pence before he became the nominee, but he has served admirably during his four years. He has been a voice of reason, and has walked Trump back. I don't know what better outcome you could have wanted in a VP.
Let me also say: Trump has been an absolute embarrassment since he lost the election. (I think of his quote, "I don't like losers." is appropriate). However, I have not seen any evidence that was an impeachable offense before the election. The Democrat strategy was to delegitimize the administration FROM DAY ONE. Trump could have rescued a kitten from a tree and (because of a famous tape) would have been accused of something obscene.
Trumps administration did have some successes. Pence was a part of that. If Covid had not hit, I believe Trump would have won re-election. His two greatest failures as president?
1. He claimed to be the great deal maker. He proved not to be. When you are the Big Bad Boardroom Boss, you can use intimidation to push people around. He was off balance from the start because of the DNC game plan and because of his personality, he never was able to make headway.
2. How he TALKED about Covid. If someone wants to make an articulate case for how his administration failed in ACTIONS (rather than talk) with COVID, I will be glad to listen. It better take into consideration all the missteps of the governors, mayors, CDC, etc. I give much grace to those in leadership over COVID, even when I think they got it wrong. There was blame everywhere.
(Take the vaccine as an example. TRUMP talked about "operation warp speed." Now that the vaccine is here, TRUMPSTERS refuse to take it. So do some Liberals who think vaccines from Russia or Cuba would be more reliable because this is "trump's" vaccine.)